Eyeglasses.



N. GABON. EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION FILMS FEB.13,1912.

1,039,024 Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

avwentoz Napaleon Caron I UNITED-STATES PATENT ()EFTCE.

NAPOLEON GABON, OF NASHUA, HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF DO NAPOLEONRODIER, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYEGLASSES.

Toc' ll whom it my camera.

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON (pinion, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashua, in" the county of Hillsboro and- State. of NewHampshire, have invented] new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses,

. of which the following is a specification.

Thisxinvention relates to eye-glasses, the objectin view beingto providea novel form ofhmounting; for the lenses, whereby all Qfipartslof' theeye-glasses are held securely togethen withoutathe use of the usualscrews or-fotherconventional fastening devices, at :the'sam'e timeenabling the parts to be readily disassociated and reassembled, withoutdangerof breaking the lenses. The mountings are o'i'such-a simplecharacter that they may be'easily and economically stamped up from,shect'metaL With the above and other objects in View, the inventionvconsists in the construction, combination-and arrangement of parts,.as

' will be hereinafter more fully described,

I mountings.

illustrated .,'in the accompanying drawings,.

and pointed out 'in the claims hereunto appended. V

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a pair ofspectacles or eyeglasses, embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail horizontal section. through one of themountings. "Fig. 3'

isa similar view through one of the end Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the inner or main mounting. Fig.

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nose piece 2 is provided with the angular end portions or terminals 4which are insertible within the mounting, as will inafter appear.

The inner mounting is illustrated in deheretail in Fig. 4, wherein it isseen to comprise the oppositely arranged parallel bars 5 and 6, andaconnecting cross bar 7. At one end, the parallel bars 5 and 6 are bentsubstan- Specification of Letters Patent. 1, P t f d Sept. 17 1912'Application filed February 13, 1912. Serialiio. 677,305. 3

tially at right anglesto form the arms 8 and 9, and the extremities ofthese arms are. bent inwardly to form. studs 10 which entercorrespondingv holes 11 in the lenses, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Theother endscf the parallel bars 5 and 6 are bent around'GO thema-nnerillustrated in flat, as shown at 14, to bear against the lens 1 and holdthe same against the arms 8 and 9 of the mounting and in engagement withthe studs 10. The other end of the spring is given a compound'bend, soas to embrace the" angular end or terminal 40f the nose piece, saidembracing portion of the spring being illustrated at 1 5.

The end mounting, illustrated in detail in Figs. 3 and 5, corresponds,in the main,

with the mounting shown in Figs.r2 and 4,

with the exception that the arms 8 and 9 are dispensed with, the otherends of the par allel bars 5 and 6 being bent to form eyes 16constituting attaching means to receive the pintle 17 of the adjacenthow 3. One of the eyes 16 is extended vertically to form a stop'shoulder17 for limiting the outward movementof the how 3.

vIn connection with the end mounting, I

employ a spring, the central portion 18 of which passes around-behindthe crossbar 7, while one end is-substantially flat, as shown at 19, tobear against the'lens and hold the same against the arms 5 andfi,

while i the opposite end .is recurved, as 95,

showmat-QO, to engage the pintle 17, the latter being. preferablyprovided withpro jections .or shoulders 21 to prevent the pintle of thebow from becoming disengaged from the spring, after the parts have beenadjusted to their proper relation to 'each other.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the spring ofeach mounting forms and constitutes a key for locking the several partstogether, and permit-ting the same to be taken apart, thereby doing awaywith the use of the ordinary conventional screws and like fasteningsheretofore used for that purpose. In the inner or main mounting, theangular ex-' treinity 4 of the nose piece serves to Wedge 5 thespring'in place, While in the end mounting .the pintle of the bowperforms this function. 4

What is claimed is:

1. An eye-glass, mountingembodying par- 10 allel bars, and a cross barconnecting the same, terminal studs on the parallel bars at one end,hooks at the opposite end of the parallel bars, a' lens having holes toreceive the studs, a nose piece having a terminal 15 shank receivable insaid hooks, and a spring key embracing the cross bar with one endbearing against the lens and the other end engaging the shank of thenose piece and afiiz: my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NAPQLEON GABON. Vi itnesses J. Cnmonsmxnn, Gno. F. JACKSON. 4

Gop'ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington; D. G.

